THE OAK FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1092967 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WALTHAM FOREST ASIAN MOTHERS GROUP, WALTHAM FOREST SOCIETY FOR DISABLED ASIAN CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES

The organisation is established for charitable purposes and its principal objective is to provide support services to children and young adults with disabilities and their families (within the London Borough of Waltham Forest and its directly neighbouring Boroughs).

Objects

THE OAK FOUNDATION IS ESTABLISHED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND ITS PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES (WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF WALTHAM FOREST AND ITS DIRECTLY NEIGHBOURING BOROUGHS).

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF WALTHAM FOREST AND ITS NEIGHBOURING BOROUGHS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Waltham Forest, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £156,991 for the year ended 31 March 2025, bringing total net assets to £868,307. The trustees confirm that the going concern basis is appropriate, noting that activities are dependent on continuing grant aid and voluntary donations, for which future funding has been reviewed. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Barrow LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from Over £60,000 (FY2024) to over £60,000 (FY2025).
• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

CQC provider record: The Oak Foundation — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 14/02/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• The Oak Foundation: Good (15/03/2023) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• Farhana Ahmedchair
• Mohammad Naveed Sajjad
• SHAZIA ALI

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Newham · Redbridge · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE OAKLANDS.

• THE OAKLANDS income £1.4m
• DUTCH OAK TREE FOUNDATION income £37k
• LITTLE OAKS income £260k
• THE MILLENNIUM OAK TRUST income £287k
• THE OAKGROVE FOUNDATION income £301k
• AGE UK WALTHAM FOREST income £732k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.